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Thursday, March 24, 2016

grandpappy's prepping 4 of 5

GRANDPAPPY’S PREPPING 4

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note: very short movie review. "The Big Short" is even better than the book, and that was darn good. I even loved Steve Carell's performance and usually he causes me to skip any movie he is in ( "The Office" persona of his ). Warning: must be a bit of an economics/financial nerd to enjoy.
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We all make fun of
corporations with their politically correct posturing, their retarded slogans
like “there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’” and their insistence on the myth of the
effectiveness of multi-tasking ( and if you aren’t making fun of all this
ridiculousness, you should be ).Multitasking is stupid, and a close first cousin marriage baby of “specialization
is for insects”.Sorry, Heinlein, you
were one of the best science fiction writers out there ( even if juvenile
specialized ), a wonderful flag bearer for survivalism and libertarianism, but
you went a bit off the rails here and there like when you thought birth control
meant sibling intimate relationships were okay and when you led most of us
astray with the insect quote ( I know I did an article on that at one time, but
where it is escapes me-sorry, I’m a writer, not an editor.Clerical details are beneath me and my glorious
hair ).You could be a generalist prior
to the Industrial Age, and you should have been.But since then it is multitasking to the
point you can’t masterany one
skill.I have nothing against being an
amateur generalist ( even though I concentrate on the social studies, so it is
just being a broader specialist ) but far too many people think that
generalizing makes them masters of far more than is realistic.

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Owning too many firearms
has somewhat of the same effect.Not to
a severe degree, as recoil and trajectory and mechanical function crosses
platforms, but when you try to master too many different firearms you are
sabotaging advanced skills in one to work on another.As firearms use will quickly become a
lifesaving device rather than a sporting event, it behooves you to focus and
try to specialize to the best of your ability and improve your odds to the
point your skill set surpasses the Average Bear.Your average shooter is probably going to
be-at least at first before they are all killed off-a rich prick making up in
equipment what they lack in skills.They
are the type that buy the illusion of skill.I own a crap load of knives but have little idea how to properly wield
them in a fight ( which is why I prefer bayonets as their reach improves my
untrained odds ).I buy them because
they are better than nothing, they are so cheap it is ridiculous and because
their primitive post-apocalypse replacements will be so inferior.But I don’t pretend I’m skilled in their
use.I don’t own an AR or Berretta and
consider myself an urban ninja warrior.My point is that if you aim at training and skill rather than equipment,
you’ll most likely have the odds in your favor as the legions of untrained
Yuppies are unleashed upon each other with their overabundance of weapons
types.Picture a group of cubical
warriors, all soft bellies and balding domes, comically bitch slapping each
other in some kind of amateur competitionboxing trying to convince themselves they are weekend warriors. Now dress them in Tommy Tactical gear and
attach all the gear with plastic weapons.Those are most likely your foes ( just beware the redneck lurking in the
bushes-he’ll know how to actually fight ).Wasn’t there a quote somewhere about fearing the man with only one gun
as he knew how to use it?

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Not being able to afford
too much gun(s) can hence be advantageous to you.You are able to concentrate and
specialize.The more guns you think you
need, desperately attempting to master every tool for every situation, might
just work against you.Now, some of you
might have spent a lifetime shooting and can do quite well across the whole
spectrum.But not your average guy.They are poor.And if you’ve specialized in whatever job
pays enough to inject plastic into your plastic Barbie trophy wife, and since
by definition those bitches are never satisfied with what should be enough
already, you devote most of your efforts and energy towards those skills.You might just be able to squeeze a few
firearms into the budget, but don’t confuse possession with profession.It would really behoove you to minimize and
specialize just like in your paying job.Even if you have money, you don’t have time.Most just don’t have money, but plenty of
time.Devote it to specializing rather
than acquiring.

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The next, and last,
installment will question each weapon and debunk its absolute necessity in a
battery ( probably what you have been waiting for all along-but, hey, I made it a double length issue and you are welcome ).

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11 comments:

Being knowledgeable, educated, and experienced in all forms of firearms can only pay off, especially in rural areas, now and in the future. I'm not only talking about the use of them but also the workability, enhancement, and repair of them. Ammunition too.

How many people are capable of starting with a 4" cut nail (case hardened concrete nail) and using files, turn it into a firing pin for an AR? Not many.

Not saying you are wrong, but I still think ammo is more of a bottleneck than acknowledged. I think an AR's ammo runs out before the pin breaks ( although I see your point, I'm using hyperbole to illustrate mine ).

At the risk of seeming insensitive, or non-PC, women for the longest time proudly wore that "multitasking" label as a badge of pride ( okay, the FemiNazi women-don't get your panties bunched, ladies ), which tells you something.

If the idiots here in the peoples republic of Kalifornia get their way and push through a $15.00 an hour minimum wage, multitasking is indeed going to be the new reality for the few employees remaining at a company after the round of multiple layoffs. It amazes me how incredibly stupid these people are. Neo-cons (what passes for the right today) are a pretty dumb lot, but these people are retards on steroids.

On a related note, I priced out one of those little .45LC/.410 derringers. They want $435 dollars for one of those little bastards! I think that the Kurt Saxon way to affordable firearms ownership (Poor Man's James Bond) is going to become a more popular option as time goes on.

I imagine the humptards think they will get more income tax and workmans comp etc payments. They've been driving business's out of the state for 20+ years and think they are immune to the laws of physics.

Doesn't she turn around and say something like "but he's working hard?"? Or maybe it was the look she gave him, like, "and?". Anyway, priceless. The movie had a huge sense of humor about it ( although, again, was it nerd humor? ) which the book didn't. Hell, it might actually be one I buy on DVD if the price gets right.

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